Rachel Griffith

Dame Rachel Griffith
Born
Rachel Susan Griffith

(1963-05-16) 16 May 1963 (age 61)
NationalityBritish–American
Academic career
FieldEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Royal Economic Society
Alma materUniversity of Keele
AwardsBrigit Grodal Award 2014
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Notes

Dame Rachel Susan Griffith DBE FBA FAcSS (born 16 May 1963[1]) is a British-American academic and educator. She is professor of economics at the University of Manchester[2] and a research director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.[3]

Griffith was president of the European Economic Association for 2015,[4][5] making her the first woman to hold the position.[6] She was also joint managing editor of The Economic Journal between 2011 and 2017.[7]

Griffith holds both UK and US citizenship.[1]

  1. ^ a b Griffith, Rachel. Curriculum vitae: Rachel Griffith, FBA (PDF). University of Manchester. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Griffith's profile". manchester.ac.uk. University of Manchester. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ^ Staff (6 January 2016). "Orazio Attanasio and Rachel Griffith appointed as IFS Research Directors". ifs.org.uk. Institute for Fiscal Studies. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Former presidents: 1986 onwards". eeassoc.org. European Economic Association (EEA). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ^ Griffith, Rachel. "European Economic Association Newsletter". eeassoc.org. European Economic Association (EEA). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ^ Staff (8 April 2014). "Accolade for top female economist". manchester.ac.uk. University of Manchester. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. ^ "The Economic Journal: editorial information". res.org.uk. Royal Economic Society. Retrieved 15 January 2016.